The intense preparation of the shuttles to be exhibited in three museums in the United States began from the day each of the orbiters made landfall after their last mission. The process consists of several stages that include emptying every last drop of highly toxic fluids, fuels and oils, such as hydrozine, present within the miles of cables and hoses in the intestines of each ship. In addition to removing the main engines.
The twin probes that make up the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) glow in white light at Astrotech, not far from NASA's Kennedy space complex. They are about to be placed inside the protective cap of the Delta II Heavy shuttle for its launch towards the Moon, on September 8.
A NASA-funded study published in the journal PNAS suggests that the chemistry produced in comets and meteorites would have the ability to generate complex organic molecules that are part of DNA. It is not the first time that components of this type have been found, but the doubt about whether they came from contamination with terrestrial life, or had arisen in space, does not fit in the cases that have now been analyzed.
The Juno spacecraft will depart today Friday at 17:34 (Spanish time) from Cape Canaveral (Florida), aboard the Atlas V rocket, bound for Jupiter to study the core of the planet, its auroras, the atmosphere and the origin of the magnetic field , among other missions.
A new study explains why the Sun's corona reaches temperatures hundreds of times higher than parts of the star that are much closer to the core that produces the heat.
The United States Aeronautics and Space Agency conducted a test of the engine of its next-generation J-2X rocket on July 14. It is the first step in a project aimed at taking the human being beyond Earth's orbit, into deep space.
What was in the infancy of the Universe? Many giant black holes. It is the conclusion reached by a team of astronomers from the University of Michigan (UM) analyzing data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which detects very faint objects at great distances.
The Sun is preparing for the start of a new solar cycle with little activity, as explained by American scientists, who compare the current situation with that experienced in 1645, when there was a period of solar inactivity for 70 years known as the "Little Age of ice".
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
